Canadian World Fund: Investment Update - Unaudited
/EINPresswire.com/ -- TORONTO, CANADA--(Marketwired - May 3, 2017) - Canadian World Fund Limited (TSX:CWF) reports on an unaudited basis that its net asset value per share (NAV) at April 30, 2017 was $8.85, resulting in year-to-date and 12-month NAV returns of 14.0% and 26.1%, respectively. These compare with the 9.8% and 22.9% returns of the benchmark Morgan Stanley Capital International All Country World Index, in Canadian dollar terms, for the same periods.
The closing price for CWF's common shares at April 30, 2017 was $5.46, resulting in year-to-date and 12-month share price returns of 17.7% and 16.2%, respectively.
The geographic sector weightings of CWF's investment portfolio at market as of April 30, 2017 were as follows:
| United States | 36.6% |
| Europe | 28.8% |
| Asia | 22.2% |
| Canada | 7.1% |
| South America | 3.2% |
| Central America & Caribbean | 2.1% |
The top ten investments which comprised 37.3% of the investment portfolio at market as of April 30, 2017 were as follows:
| HDFC Bank Ltd. (India) | 4.8% |
| AmRest Holdings N.V. (Poland) | 4.3% |
| YES BANK Limited (India) | 4.3% |
| Cash (Canada) | 4.2% |
| The Middleby Corporation (United States) | 3.9% |
| Apple Inc. (United States) | 3.6% |
| Bank of America Corporation (United States) | 3.4% |
| Lojas Renner S.A. (Brazil) | 3.2% |
| Mahindra & Mahindra Limited (India) | 3.0% |
| JENOPTIK AG (Germany) | 2.6% |
Canadian World Fund Limited
Jonathan A. Morgan
President and CEO
(416) 366-2931
(416) 366-2729
cwffund@mmainvestments.com
www.canadianworldfund.ca
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